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T. W F. SMITTEN.

YOKE FOR CONNECTING PENGILS AND PEN HOLDERS.

No. 339,705. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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THOMAS \V. F. SMITTEN, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

YOKE FOR CONN ECTiNG PENCILS AND PEN-HOLDERS.

LilIr-"KZIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No 339,705, dated April 13,1886.

Application filed August 17, 1885. Serial No. lTL-SQS. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. F. SMIT- TEN, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Yokes for Connecting Pencils and Pen-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are employed to connect two or more pencils or pen-holders, so that they will converge, and which will permit of the use of either or both, or all, of the pencils or pens at one time for writing or ruling. By employing pencils of diii'erent colors, or pens with different-colored inks, diii'erent eilect-s may be produced by writing or ruling with either one or all of the pencils or pens.

The object of my invention is to provide a very simple and inexpensive device which will receive pencils and pen-holders of different sizes, and which will also afford a suitable thumb or finger rest, as will be more fully hereinafter described.

v a plan of a yoke embodying my invention and two pencils connected thereby. Fig. 2 is an end view of the yoke. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but representing two pen-holders as connected by the yoke. Fig. 4 is a plan of a yoke and three pencils connected thereby, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the yoke shown in Fig. 4..

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring first to the device shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A designates the yoke, and B B two pencils connected by it. The yoke A consists of two cylindric sockets, a a, and a bridge, a, between them. As here represented, the whole device is made of a single piece of sheet metal, the ends of which are rolled or turned inward to form the sockets a. The extreme ends or edges of the strip of metal which forms the device are left free, as shown at and thereby the sockets are made expansible, so that pencils of different sizes may be inserted into them. This is avery desirable feature, as the device may be sold separately, and pencils which vary greatly in size and which are round or hexagon may be readily inserted into the sockets. One of the pencils, B, is long, so that it may serve as a handle; but the other, B, is shown as short. The bridge-piece a, which connects the two sockets a a, is represented as arched or curved upward. This arching ol' the bridge, although not absolutely essential, is very desirable, be cause the concave seat or rest formed thereby on the under side of the yoke rests on the thumb when grasping the pencil l to write, and if the long pencil were placed in the other socket ci'rom that shown the concave bridge piece would rest on the forefinger. In either case the bridge rests on the thumb or linger when writing, and prevents the implement from turning by reason oi the weight of the yoke and short pencil which overhang on one side of the long pencil.

In Fig. 3 I have shown two pen-holders, Z), inserted in the sockets a and provided with pens b. Two pencils 0r pens with ink of the same color, or different colors may be used very conveniently for either ruling or writing when connected by this yoke. 1

The device shown in Figs. l and has three cylindric sockets, a uu, and two bridges, a a, connecting them. Three pencils, B B B, may be used in this device, the longer one being at the middle to serve as a handle. This device also may receive three pen-holders, the center one having a stick to serve as a handle.

The device shown in Figs. l and 5 has all its sockets cxpansible by reason of the edges (1* being left free.

It will be obvious that, inasmuch as the sockets a converge relatively to each other,the pencils or pen-points may be set at diiierent distances apart by sliding the pencils 0r penholders longitudinally in the said sockets.

Crayons or slate-pencils may be inserted in the yoke, and whatever he the implements used they may be turned in the sockets a, so as to bring the angles of the lead, crayon, or pencil to bear on the paper or other writing surface.

It will be observed that in all the examples of my invention the sockets to are located side by side and converge laterally toward each other in a direction toward the pencil-points.

What I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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